Chag HaBanot 3095 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 6856
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 6856 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .
Rosh Chodesh l’banot (ראש חודש לבנות also known as Chag habanot חג הבנות [Girls’ Day]), and in Arabic as Eid al-Banat, is a holiday, celebrated by some of the Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Jewish month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The Jewish community where the holiday was most preserved is in Tunisia. But there is also evidence that it was also celebrated in Jewish communities in Libya, Algeria, Kushta, Morocco and Thessaloniki.
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Dates for Chag HaBanot
| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot 3092 | 30 Kislev 6852 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3092 | 30 Kislev 6853 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3093 | 1 Tevet 6854 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3094 | 30 Kislev 6855 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3095 | 30 Kislev 6856 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3096 | 30 Kislev 6857 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3097 | 30 Kislev 6858 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3098 | 1 Tevet 6859 |
References
- The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
- Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
- “Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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